The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-13 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty held a Privy Council at one o'clock this afternoon at Windsor Castle. It was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Colonial De partment, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the Board of Trade, the Secretor"), at War, and the Master of the Horse. At the Couticil the appointment of Lieutenant-General Sir John Colborne, G.U.8., in the room of the Earl of Durham, was confirmed. Som e colonial matters were submitted to her Majesty in Council and were approved of. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Glenelg, Earl of Minto, Mr. P. Thomson, and Viscount Howick went from town to attend the Council. Her Majesty was attended by the Marchioness of Tavis tock, Lady in Waiting ; Viscount Torrington. Lord in 'W aiting ; Hon. Major Keppel, Groom in Waiting ; and Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting. The Earl of Minto took his departure from the Castle Boon after the Council broke up. The Queen rode on horseback in the Park this after noon, attended by Lord Howick, Mr. P. Thomson, Lord Glenelg, L or d C otten h am; . Si r H enry Wh ea tl ey , M r . Gevill e (all of whom arrived this morning), Baroness Lehzen, Hon. Miss H. Murray, Lord Melbourne, Viscount Torrington, Colonel Buckley, Hon. Major Keppel, Hon. C. A. Murray ; Sir F. Stovin, and Mr. Brand. His Excellency the American Minister and his Lady Mrs. Stevenson, and Lady Rivers will arrive this afternoon to join the Royal dinner circle. Lord and Lady Albemarle arrived this evening, and will continue their visit till Fr:day. The Austrian, Turkish, French, Hanoverian, and Rus 81an Ambassadors transacted business yesterday at the Fo reign Department. _ M. Ded e l, Mi n i ster o f t h e N et h er l an d s, h a d a l ong con ference with Lord Palmerston on Tuesday at the Foreign Office, Count Pozzo di Borgn, the Russian Ambassador ; Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador ; and M. de Humme lauer, of the Austrian Embassy, transacted business yester day at the Foreign Office. The Agent for the Mauritius transacted business yester day' Downing-street. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from Downing street for Lord Melbourne at Windsor. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign Department for Lord Howard dc Walden, the British Am bassador at Lisbon. At the sittings of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council yesterday, in the matter of Russell's patent, Lord Brougham granted an extension of the patent for six years. In an appeal from the Consistory Court, Mellin v. Mellin, the Counsel for the appellant were heard, but the Counsel for the respondent were not called upon to reply, the case being dismissed. An appeal from St. Lucia, Gordon v. Tinturier, was resumed. Mr. Sergeant Stephen was heard for the appe ll ant ; and Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, ap peared for the respondent. BRIGHTON. ` W EDNESDAY.---Her M a j es ty w ill remove h ere f rom Windsor on Tuesday next, for a sojourn, it is said, of a Inonth or six weeks. The Guards are expected on Saturday. RThe Princess Augusta takes carriage exercise daily. Her oyal Highness's dinner guests have hitherto been limited to the Marchioness and the Ladies Cornwallis, the Dowager Lady Langham, and Miss Wynyard. Yesterday, Mrs. Rarlisden took a carriage drive with her Royal Highness. Sir H. Seymour and Lady Clinton have arrived at the Bristol Hotel. The Dowager Countess Cowper and Lady Fanny Cowper, and the Earl and Countess Somers will arrive to-morrow. Lord Cowper has arrived. The Marquis of Ailesbury entertained a distinguished Party at dinner on Monday. NThe Duchess of Cannizzaro arrived on Tuesday at the orfolk Hotel from Hastings, for the winter. Lord Ashley has taken a house on the Marine Parade. Mr. Laurence Peel will entertain a distinguished party at dinner this evening, including the Duke of Richmond. The Victoria, revenue cutter, arrived in our roads on Sa ittirday morn i ng, and took on board a b out t hi rty men an d o rms . who had enlisted in the naval service. The vessel %lied for Portsmouth in the evening. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. 10 R ev. J. Vaughan and Miss Vaughan at the Berners Hotel, e rners-street from Wroxall, Bristol ; Mrs. and Miss Frcwen Turner at ditto ' • Mrs. Aubrey at ditto, from Montreal, Ca -144 ; T. Gordon, Esq. from Wendover House, Bucks; T. Comic, Esq. at ditto, from Liverpool ; J. Majoribanks, Esq. aditto; Rev. R. G. Bartlett at ditto ; J. Nic o ll, E sq . a t t to; Shaw Mordev, Esq., Mrs. Mordey and family, at Mar all Thomp%n's HZtel, Cavendish-square; William Peereth, Martin f am il y at ditto, from the North; Captain and Mrs. Martin at ditto; Miss Kingston at ditto; Wobern, Esq., at ditto. Lechy and Mrs. Le e ch PAR y from TU the RES Bernr . .rs Hotel, Berners strmreet, for Hastings Mrs. Talbot from ditto ; Rev. W. and s• Wallac e from 'ditto, for the Rectory, Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk ; J. Sawbridge, ' Esq. and Mrs. Sawbridge from ditto ; err 0 . Clark e , M.P , Lady Clarke and family, from Mar al Thompson's Hotel,. Cavendish.squarc ; Captain and Miss f o r e from ditto, for B r i g ht on; Captain Stanton from ditto, or ditto ; R ev . M essrs . D ra k e an d T a ddy from ditto ; re g°rY, Esq., from ditto, for Birmingham. We learn that her Majesty does not intend to 1114 6 a longer stay at Brighton than a fortnight. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Earl Isiattplaciskeith, and family, left Paris on Monday last for The Duke of D evons hi re i s now at Rome, in good health, and is expected home early in February. The Duke de Coigny is likely to succeed the late D D uke de Choiseul as President of the Commission of the 41 °Yal Theatres. T• he D u k e o f B uce l euc h , i n t h e most lib era l manner , r v s lat e l y presented the Committee of M anagement o f th e estrainster Dispensary, Gerard-street, Soho, with a hand 'erne donation of fifty pounds in aid of the funds of this ex cellent charity. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby and family]4ll Thy are expected to arrive at the Clarendon Hotel on - `anday next. Kill Marchioness of Downshire and Lady Charlotte ;91',11 have arrived at Ombersly Court, Worcestershire, on a et., to Lord Sandys, from a visit to the Hon. Colonel and L ady Harriet Clive. The Noble Marquis has joined his ad 37 from Hillsborough Castle, Downshire, Ireland. 0 1 The Earl of Durham visited his Royal Highness .e Duke of Lucca yesterday, at Mivart's Hotel. r, The Earl and C oun t ess o f V eru l am , and the Ladies r,rirast on, h ave l eft town for the family seat, Gorhambury, 'lerts, where they intend passing the approaching Christ- V . 14 ' • Viscount Grimston, M.P., left Grosvenor-square Yesterday afternoon, to join the family circle. T The Earl of Yarb oroug h l e ft A r li ng ton-street on Where Lord an d L a dy Worsley have arrived, from a visit Sir J. and Lady Copley, at Sprotborough Hall, near Doncaster. • baron and I3aroness Dimsdalc arrived at Mivart's gotel yesterday from Camfield Place, Herts. The Baron en d Baronesshave postponed their departure for Paris - 1 ,, ▪ W i ng to th e indisposition of their accomplished daughter, Dimsdale. -rived Spencer d'Horsey and Lady Louisa d'Horsey - lived in Grosvenor-street on Tuesday last from a tour. O The splendid yacht belonging to the Duke of Buc nteb now li es a t Greenwich, taking in luggage and stores; ; - u° is expected to sail for Naples on Monday next. The new Swedish Ambassador to our Court, in the p o to of C oun t Bjorrstjcrna, hi s E xce ll enc y C o unt Spreng „ten, is expected in town early in J a nuary. difhe accounts received yest er day from Lord Had fingtan's seat, Tynnyghame House, at the Green Park o tel, state that his Excellency General Count Woronzow hi ss grad ua ll y recover i ng from h i s i n di spos i t i on , an d, w i t h s on, will retu rn t o t own a t the end of the week. It has a severe attack of lumbago. D .Gre at gaiety prevails a t the hospitable scat of Lord air uorbe n , Ki nme ll Park St. Asaph's. Among the visita nts e4 d3r arrived are--Lord Sandes Lord and Lady Gardner , io r Rich ar d and Lady Bulkelev l'..ieut.Wellesley William s, prtil Hussars ; Colonel Hug he's, brother to Lord Dinorben ; l e j ' s° Pryse, Esq., M.P. ; Miss Williams, Hon. Mrs. Row- Colonel, Mrs., and Miss Grey, Richard Croft, Esq. U Royal Hi g h ness th e D u k e o f S ussex , L a dy Cecilia n et erwood, and Lord John Chu rc hill, a re expected at " o ' t lrnell on Monday next, for th e Ch r i s t mas recess, from field 4 ' l Wild man ' s , Newstcad Abb ey , t h e sports o f the S i r th e morn ings, c ar d s an d mus i c t h e even i ngs . het`pr Watkin Williams Wynn is mu c h i mprove d i n rived rn o ; and l ast wee k, w i t h hi s accomp li s h e d d aughter, ar n a visit to Mr. Heaton, at his romantic seat Plas Seaton, near D en bi g h. M uc h h o spitality willprevail at Jonstay during the approaching festive season. tb4 ° Percei ve th a t D av id Salmons, Esq., h a s se t cop s xa n"Ple of making an increase in the rate of wages, in e quence of the high price of corn.—Sussex Express. hi s St rauss, the musician, was taken sudden 4 ill during N o : n i !end v i s i t to Le i cester l ate l y, on hi s t our f rom t h e both to tow n . He was attended by two medical awn, h e r a dvised his immediate departure for the Continent. grate d she d. as week, Calais l t and there dismissed his ecle ban TO THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DURHAM. At a special meeting of the Westminster Reform Society, held last evening at Stannard's Hotel, Charles-street, Covent-garden, the following address was voted to Lord Durham : We, the members of the Westminster Reform Society, approach your Lordship with feelings of great respect, and consider your presence in England at this critical period as an occurrence of vast importance towards the advancement of civil liberty in this land of factious misrule, and, conse quent discontent. We hail with great satisfaction, and trust we may con fide in, your Lordship's declaration to the people of Devon port, that your opinions on the great principles of Reform are " not only unchanged and unchangeable," but that they arc more and more confirmed by longer experience, and as your Lordship has referred to your declaration made to the people of Scotland in 1834, as a test of those principles, we can assure your Lordship that a large proportion of your countrymen are anxiously waiting to aid your laudable exertions in so great a cause. The Westminster Reform Society have ever had in view the same measure of reform so ably advocated by your Lordship in the speeches you have referred to—namely, Householder's Suffrage, Triennial Parliaments, and Voting by Ballot. Each and all of which we lament being compelled to say are opposed by the present Administration. We cannot be mistaken in assuring your Lordship, that for the protection of property, the encouragement of in dustry, the increase of trade, commerce, and agriculture, all the arts and comforts of life, the reforms so cordially acknowledged by your Lordship must be carried into full and complete effect—that delay cannot fail to be attended by many most serious evils, and that neglect of these im, portant measures for any considerable period, will probably prevent their being safely and peaceably adopted at any time. We therefore ardently hope at this conjuncture, when many circumstances combine to aid your Lordship's ex ertions, that your Lordship may be blessed w;th the health and strength necessary to enable you to proceed with, and bring to, a happy conclusion matters of such great impor tance, and so highly and permanently honourable to yourself. (Signed on behalf of the Society), WM. TROT'I', Chairman. W. WEST, Hon. Secretary. TORY TOWN COUNCIL OF POOLE (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) SYMPTOMS OF APPROACHING DISSOLUTION. But three short years have elapsed since the Tory Cor poration of Poole commenced its career of fraud and cor ruption—one of the grossest acts of which was the giving a bond to the Town Clerk for 4,500/. by way of compen sation for an office which he stated himself to have resigned. The bond, with interest, was made payable by four yearly instalments ; but so enormous have been the de mands of their new Town Clerk, that the former has been necessarily overlooked. Not brooking such treatment from his quondam friends, the late Town Clerk has commenced his action, and obtained judgment against the Corporation, upon which a writ of degit has issued, whereupon Mr. Town Clerk and Under-Sheriff Arnold directs his officers to take possession of all the personals of this renowned Corporation. In obedience to orders, the faithful High Constable-Inkpen repairs to the Council Chamber, where he found the different overseers of the different parishes within the borough summoned to show cause why—being unable to pay the pressing demands of the Guardians of the Poor at this inclement season of the year—they should not pay some 2.500/. towards the borough rate ? The officers not wishing to interrupt a conclusion (in which, however, nothing was concluded), awaited the departure of his Worship, and thereupon entering, seized in due form of law the new and expensive garniture of the Council Chamber, not sparing even the well-stuffed easy chairs of the Aldermen, and their only remaining Punch-bowl. Adjourning thence to the Guildhall, the chandeliers are attached by these inexorable officers, and even the seat of justice is assailed, for, lo ! the Recorder's chair is no more seen ! Having dismantled the aristocratic Council Cham ber and the Hall of Justice, the poor little police office is next assailed, and the humble rush-bottomed chairs, alloted by the Council for Lord John Russell's magistrates, not allowed to escape. Constables' staves and watch-boxes— even the coals for warming the night Superintendent of Police—all, all is taken into the custody of our trusty Sheriff. But this is NOT all—even the tithes are under sto'd not to be safe. An inquisition is about to be held, when a moiety of the lands, tithes, and other property in the possession of the Corporation, will be alloted to the satisfaction of the judgment of the indignant quondam Town Clerk. But the crowning mortification is, that the silver maces, cloaks, three-cornered hats, and even breeches of the Sergeants, who, duly as the Sabbath morn returns, parade before his Worship to the church, are not consi dered sacred. The bond creditor is inexorable—the Sun day parading is over—and the short.lived glory of the Tory Corporation of Poole departed ! NEWFOUNDLAND. From the Newfoundland Public Ledger, Oct. 26.) lesterday, at two o'clock, his Excellency the Governor, attended by his suite, went down to the Council Chamber, and, under the usual ceremonies, prorogued the Legislature with the following speech from the throne : " The public business being at length completed, I am enabled to relieve you from the labours of the session, which has been extended to an inconvenient period, and one far beyond my original expectation. " I have to thank you, in her Majesty's name, for the supplies. They will, I hope, be found adequate to the in tended objects, and they shall be faithfully and carefully administered. " In taking leave of you, probably for a period of several months, I wish most earnestly to impress upon you the duty which belongs to us, not less individually than collec tively, of cultivating harmony and good will throughout every class of our society. " Let us endeavour to obliterate those unhappy political and religious differences which have of late years sprung up amongst us, and which were formerly unknown. They are, indeed, the bane of our peace. They destroy the delights of social intercourse, and impede every effort for the public good. May all members of the community, and especially those who are influential from talent or station, join hear tily in this work of beneficence, and zealously endeavour to restore to Newfoundland its former character for general philanthropy and benevolence. " I take advantage of the present occasion, the most serious and impressive that can be offered to me, to bring under your particular observation extracts from various despatches on this interesting subject, and to assure you that the obligation I am under to render prompt and full obedience to every order I receive, is enforced in this in stance by my warmest feelings and most ardent aspirations." " MAY 18, 1838.—Her Majesty relies on your earnest endeavours to afford to all persons under your Govern ment, irrespective of any political or religious distinction, the utmost protection in the enjoyment of their just rights and liberties. Her Majesty is also persuaded that no exertion will be wanting on your part to moderate the violence of party animosity, and to induce all classes of the inhabitants to lay aside angry and excited feelings, in order to co-operate in advancing the welfare and developing the resources of the Colony." " A uG. 12, 1838.—1 feel confident that you will second the views of her Majesty's Government by using all your personal and official influence to allay the irritation which has heretofore pervaded the society of Newfoundland, and to restore harmony and good feeling among all classes of the inhabitants." The Legislature was then formally prorogued to Mon day, the 21st January next. MEETING OF BOOK AND PAMPHLET-SELLERS• —A numerous meeting of persons in the above trades was held last evenir , at the Lyceum Tavern, Strand, for the purpose of considering and adopting the best means of de feating the efforts made by common informers to enforce penalties upon them under the Act 39th Geo. IV., which provides that the name of the printer of any publication must appear on the first and last page of it, under a penalty of 101 ; and also to appoint a Committee to manage a pe tition to the Houses of Parliament for the repeal of the above Act. At eight o'clock Mr. Limbird was called to the chair, and having briefly called the attention of the meeting to the objects for which it was called, several reso lutions were then proposed, and carried unanimously. A. Deputation was then appointed to wait on the Commission ers of Stamps, in order to obtain their aid to forward the object ; and it was further moved that Mr. Sergeant Tal fourd be requested to accompany the Deputation. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting sepa rated. Between eight and nine yesterday morning, Mr. Samuel Stock, a respectable tradesman, living at No. 13, Stanrnore-street, King's-road, St. Pancras, was sitting at breakfast with his wife and family, when the younger child, aged eighteen months, who was playing on the hearth-rug, by some means set fire to his clothes, and before the flames could be extinguished the infant was burned in a dreadful manner. He was conveyed as quickly as possible to the University College Hospital, but, we regret to state, ex pired in a few minutes after his arrival there. Mr. Francis Wayland, son of Mr. George Way land, of Ballywater, who was wounded by the assassins at the tim e of Mr. Cooper's murder, died.at his father's resi dence on Thursday morning, after lingering several months from the effects of the shot he received on that occasion.— Liverpool Courier. • THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1838. REFORM OF THE LANGUAGE OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. " When a man asks in what book the Statute law is to be found, he learns that, so far from being contained in any one book, howso ever large, it fills books composing a heap greater than he would be able to lift. " If he thereupon asks in which of all these books he could, upon occasion, lay his hands, and find those parts in which he him.. self is concerned, without being bewildered with those in which he has no concern, what he learns is, that the whole matter is so corn pletelyof those same mixed up together, that for hi m t o pi c k out t h e collection parts from the rest, is utt er l y i mposs ibl e. "—BENTHAM. A very important Parliamentary document has just been issued, which was presented to Parliament at the close of last session, by command of her Majesty. It is a collection of Papers on the drawing of Acts of Parliament, in reference to " the means of ensuring the uniformity thereof in language, in form, in arrange ment, and in matter." They are from the pen of Mr. Arthur Symonds, who has been for several years en gaged in such pursuits, having in 1835 produced a vo lume, on the " Mechanics of Law Making." The present document also contains models of statutes illus trative of the principles suggested, and outlines of indices, adapted to the purposes of legislation, and to supply an existing deficiency in that respect which is altogether extraordinary in the history of our laws. There is NO INDEX calculated to point out to any man, as Bentham says, those parts of the law which concern him more than other parts. It appears that 250 years have elapsed since Bacon applied himself to amend the laws in regard to " their registry, their expression, and tradition, so that they might have rather new light than any new nature." In 1666 a Parliamentary Committee was appointed to consider " of expedients for reducing all statute laws, of one nature, under such a method and head as may conduce to the more ready understanding, and better execution of such laws." In 1806 the Commissioners on Public Records de sired a Report to be made, " as to the best method of rendering the style of our future statutes more cor rect, concise, and uniform in their forms of expres sion, and at the same time more perspicuous in the arrangement of their enactments and provisions, with a statement of such practical rules as appear to be most ffirectual for this purpose." But no Report was made. In 1816 the Houses of Lords and Commons con curred in a resolution as to arranging the enactments of the statute book under separate and distinct heads ; and that for such purpose, a person learned in the law should be appointed, with clerks under him, not ex ceeding twenty. Yet, notwithstanding all these endeavours, here we are are at this day groping our way amidst the conun drums of Acts of Parliament till it is utterly impossible to make any sense of their unintelligible wordiness. What may have been the cause we cannot divine. But as the papers which have led us into these remarks seem to have been prepared with a full insight into the evils of the present system, and a determination to provide a remedy, we can only hope that statutes may in future partake of a little of the clearness which Mr. Symonds has given to the examples of a few remo delled statutes. According to the letter in which he opens the sub ject and gives a summary of his plans, it appears that the language of statutes may be rendered more precise by the very simple expedients of properly applying the legislative terms " may and shall," and a strict atten tion to the composition of sentences, so as never to have in any sentence more than one enacting verb. These rules, and due attention to arrangement, would do much for our laws. The arrangement of matter he proposes to control by a table of contents to each Act, formed from the marginal notes; and to make these notes very brief, and to give them a position across the page and at the beginning of paragraphs, and not on the margin, which is both less convenient and more expensive. In short, it seems that we only require to have our laws written IN ENGLISH, and under proper superin tendence, in order to have the doings of the Legisla ture fitted for the every-day business of a great com mercial people. By ofitaiifing a remedy for the defects of the form and expression of the laws, we shall soon be able to find out a way to amend its principles ; for, with shame be it said, the laws of Britain are at present DEVOID OF PRINCIPLE, being merely the patchwork of suc ceeding generations of our wise Lords and country Gentlemen, who have legislated for the most trifling incidents, instead of generalizing their labours, and having machinery in operation to enable them to do so. We shall again advert to the subject, which must not be lost sight of by the urgency of less weighty matters. STATE OF THE NAVY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU.N. MR. EDITOR,—A Naval Officer, who writes in the Naval and Military Gazette, advises the naval alarmists to follow his example, and proceed to Tower-hill, f r o m th ence to Ratcliffe -highway, visit the Docks and Deptford, and ascertain, as he has done, that there is no difficulty in getting seamen to man our ships. Really, Mr. Editor, I see not the smallest necessity to take so much trouble. The Naval Officer has very frankly told us that the port of London has furnished two hundred men in three weeks ; one half of whom are mechanics and ordinary seamen. Perhaps he will tell us in his next letter how!long, at that rate, it will take to m an t en sa il o f t h e li ne. H e i s quite correctin saying I had vi s it e d th e rendez vous, and I am sorry to say my inquiries agree pretty we ll with his own. The first week after the Admiralty placard was issued, fifty men, including ordinary an d mec h an i cs, were entered ; the week before, thirty-seven a bl e seamen ; and the week be fore that, forty-six. So much for the placard. If there was cause for alarm before, there i s st ill more now, when it is ascertained that in three we e k s t h e port of London has only furnished two hundred men for the navy ; one half of whom, it is probable, no captain would receive if he could help it ; and this at a time when we are me naced with a war in India—when a fresh rebellion ha s b ro k e o ut in Canada , supported by the American borderers, and in all probability countenanced by the Government—when France has shut us out from the Mexican and South Ame rican trade, and is preparing to attack St. John de Ulloa— and when Russia has a fleet of thirty sail of the line in the Baltic, ready, when the sea is open, to take advantage of any untoward event that may befal thi s country . I am sick, Sir, of hearing that we have no cause to be afraid of Russia. Suppose France had a fleet of thirty sail of the line at Cherbourg, ready for sea, would we be comfortable ? The Baltic is only a week's sail from our s h ore s, and we are called alarmists, because we complain of our defenseless state. Either, Mr. Editor, we are on good terms with Russia, or we are not. If the former, why h ave we a fl eet o f e i g h t s ail of the line in the Mediterranean under a flag at the main ? To protect Turkey against Russia, no doubt ; and in so doing, should a collision take place between us and the Russian fleet, can we suppose for one moment that the Emperor of Russia, with the force he has in the Baltic, would not instantly make an attack on this country? If he did not, his Nobles would, in all probability, bow-string him. We must trust, Mr. Editor, to our own resources alone. bFrance, t o byf the her 'Turkishoccupation empire, poi r e and has deprived f Algiers, lef of the right of rem ons t ra ti ng w i t h R uss i a , even if she had the inclination ; and after the manner Louis Philippe has fulfilled the Quadruple Treaty, no great reliance can be placed on him. Should any accident happen to the Duke of Bord eaux, h e would be the legitimate Sovereign of France, and be received into the family of Sovereigns who rule by Divine right ; and would, in all probability, place Don Carlos on the throne of Spain, and Miguel on that of Portugal. I beg to assure the Naval Officer I have taken up the question of the Navy from a conviction that the country s t h h o re u e ld not b e l e f t d e f e n ce less, and not for party purposes. My feeli ngs go ent i re ly with the present Government ; but I can te ll them, un l ess th e y act with more decision they will l ose all the i r fr i en d s . They came into office under Re form .s%Pe . e h d a g v e e s pledges—Reform, e ; form, Peace, Peace w e a e c e, don't d Retrenchme nt. want, unless ito a nbe maintained with honour ; Retrenchment neither, unless it can be followed up without endangering the State. I a m, Sir, yours, &c. CHARLES NAPIER. Merchistoun Hall, Horn Dean, Dee. 10, 1838. Comparative circulation of the London Evening Papers as extracted from the official returns published by the Stamp Office for the six months from April 1 to Sep tember 30, 1838, inclusive : Total, Six Months. Daily Average. SUN ...... ... 750,000 Standard 523,000 Globe Courier CHARLES DUKE DONNE, Registrar. Register of Warrants Office, Stamps, and Taxes, Oct, 20, MB. PROMENADE CONCERTS, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. Our readers will probably remember that, about twelve months ago, M. Pilati, an eminent French professor, attempted to establish in this metropolis a series of concerts under the above title, a similar undertaking having attained great po pularity in Paris. The speculation, however, chiefly owing to the extreme inclemency of the weather at the period, and some other circumstances to which it is unnecessary to ad vert, proved a total failure. Aftcr this Herr Strauss brought over from Vienna to London his admirable quadrille band, and the complete success that accompanied their performances sheaved clearly that music exclusively in. strumental, when exquisitely performed, possesses sufficient attractions to assemble and delight large auditories, not withstanding the alleged fact that the English nation ranks far behind its continental neighbours in affection for the "concord of sweet sounds." Influenced by such feelings, a party of British musicians have determined to make a further experiment on the sympathies of their country men, and last night a most excellent orchestra, comprisin g about sixty performers, most of them of first-rate talent, and members of the Opera, Philharmonic, and other bands, assembled in the English Opeta-house, and played a variety of popular pieces. The pit was boarded in on the occasion, so as to form a promenade, from that situation, round the orchestra, which was erected on the stage, the latter being fitted up and inclosed, by portions of scenery appropriat e to the purpose. A shilling was charged for admission, and another shilling for seats in certain parts of the house. The price, however, in our opinion, was much too low, and there ought to have been a distinction in the price, in order to ensure comfort and respectability of association. The theatre, we were happy to find, on this first experiment, was exceedingly well attended, and we make no doubt, when the public are fully aware how rich a treat is provided for them, at so small a cost, the number of the audience will materially increase. Amongst the pieces played were \Veber's overture to The Ruler (f the Spirits and Freyschutz, Rossini's Guillaume Tell, and Harold's Zampa, and various waltzes and quad rilles. A fantasia on the trumpet, by Mr. Harper, was also amongst the evening's attractions. Of course, after what we have said of the composition of the band, it is scarcely necessary to add, that the music was beautifully played ; still there appeared to us a deficiency in that delicacy and refinement which might have been ex pected. Either owing to the large number of per formers, or the limited size of the house, or perhaps the situation of the orchestra, it was much too power ful, not to say noisy, and the pianissimos were not kept under sufficiently to render the distinction of light and shade as marked and decided as it ought to be. These blemishes, however, will be got rid of, no doubt, when the band have been more accustomed to each other. The un dertaking will afford employment and remuneration to a large body of professors of talent, at this dead season of the year, and extreme gratification to the public, and we therefore sincerely hope it may be patronised to the extent it deserves. The performances are to be continued every evening, with changes announced in the bills of the day. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Another new petite comedy, from the pen of Haynes Bayly, was last night acted at this theatre, under the title of The Little Adopted. The heroes of the piece are three: —John Dibbs (Buckstone), Major Seymour (Mr. Hem mings), and Frederic Summers (Mr. 'Walter Lacy). The heroines are three likewise :—Laurette Seymour, sister to the Major (Miss Taylor), Rose Mayburn, an adopted orphan companion of Laurette's (Mrs. Fitzwilliam), and Beccy Blunt (Mrs. F. Matthews). John Dibbs and Beccy Blunt have been both servants, in the Seymour family, and doing what that class of officials call " keeping com pany." But John has had a hundred a-year left him, which he takes to be the proper qualification for a gen tleman. The first scene opens with a lover's quarrel between these two, in which there are some extrava gant races after drollery by Beccy, who, in boasting of her numerous lovers, describes one as belonging to blockhead iockh c a d( c oast preventative service, or, blockade) service—hints m so c al l th a i t t , b e t lie may g ht b o e s come a Post Captain, or a twopenny post captain, and laments that he is then sailing in the Many-ditty-rainy 2 This style of wit, or apology for it, made people laugh pretty well in the outset. The second love case was between Major Seymour and Rose Mayburn, and Rose likes the Major only that she cherishes romantic recollec tions of one whom she used to play with when a child in her native village. Nothing, therefore, is decided between this couple, and meanwhile Miss Laureate is very dif ferently engaged in defying all thoughts of anything like love, except the love of all the world. Her heart, she says, is an " omnibus, and friendship the cad, who lets in no Cupid-looking passengers." She is just now one " pas senger" minus by the death of a dear friend abroad, who, however, has committed her nephew to Laurette's charge, and Laurette is in momentary expectation of the arrival of her Little Adopted. She has made up her mind to tend him and teach him like a thousand mothers, and she has already bought him books and toys, a cradle, a rocking horse, a cricket-bat, and a kite. At last he arrives, and the pretty little Frederic Summers turns out to be a fine handsome young man, who falls immediately in love with her ; she being just as quick in returning the compliment. The scene of embarrassment which ensues on their first meeting —one expecting to encounter a little child and the other an elderly lady—is good in itself, and admirably acted by Miss Taylor, who was well seconded by Lacy. The second equivoque of the piece is when John Dibbs, offended with Beccy Blunt, longs to meet the girl whom he once used to call his " little wife," when he and she were children together, and in her stead discovers a lady who so disgusts him by not liking cheese that he is glad to fly back to Beccy, who not only does love cheese, but who loves him too, and has a proper notion of the value of " one hundred a year" as a certificate of gentility. Rose Mayburn, too, goes to meet the fondly cherished object of her early memories, and finds a rude, ill-mannered, bold, independent country boor, who insults het' by trying to snatch kisses, and who offers her a piece of strong cheese on the point of a carving knife. So Rose Mayburn and John Dibbs, having been, in each others presence, mutually divested of all further care for their " first love," there is no longer any bar to their respective alliances in other quarters—Rose with the Major, and John Dibbs with Beccy Blunt. There is a third little equivoque of jealousy, which comes last of all and winds up all explanations by uniting Laurette to Frederick Summers, her " Little Adopted." It will be seen that here are materials for a very pleasant piece, and we may add that they have been skilfully managed to the production of a clever petite comedy, which proved per fectly successful, and was announced by Buckstone for nightly repetition amid loud applauses. All the actors played well, Miss Taylor especially. MISS SIIIRREFF IN AMERICA.—The Shirreff, last evening (Oct. 5), arrested a whole audience, and kept them for three hours, and dismissed them on their own re cognizances to appear again at the National. —New York Star. This allusion is IA) the vocalist. She never could have kept the audience thus in duressc had she not given her notes as security.--Philadelphia Gazette. So decided a hit has the new opera made, that the stage manager at the National has been bound over to keep the piece.— Albany Evening Journal. Jupiter is now very bright in the morning. This planet is fourteen hundred times larger than our little globe of earth and water, and is undoubtedly an inhabited world, or else to what use are his new and full moons, his days and nights, similar to those which we have, all which we know he has with the aid of good telescopes, and he has besides, his satellites. An inquest was held yesterday, at Clapham work house, on the body of a female child, about three months old, which was found exposed near Clapham Park on Mon day morning last. From the medical evidence there could be no doubt that the infant had been strangled by means of a cord or sash-line, and, from appearances, death must have ensued about 24 hours previous to the finding of the of the body. The clothes which deceased wore seemed to be of the kind usually distributed by charitable associations ; but, although every inquiry has been made in the .neigh bourhood, nothing has yet been elicited to fix the crime on any person. The place where the body was found is rather lonely. It could not have been placed there long before it was discovered, as the night had been damp, and the cloth in which the body was wrapped was perfectly dry, although dirty. The Jury returned a verdict o f " Wilful murder against parties unknown," the Coroner suggesting to the parish authorities the propriety of offering a reward for the discovery of the murder. It is said that no similar case has occurred within this distrist for many years. Last night an inquest was held at the Mitre Ta vern, Chancery-lane, before Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, and a most respe c t a bl e Jury, on view of the body of Tho mas Stainer John son , age d 56. I t appear ed from the evi dence that th e d eceased was a pressman , an d at the time of his death was in the employ of Mr. Cloves , p rinter, of Stamford-street, Bl ac kfriars-rOad Between twelve a nd one o'clock on T ues d ay afternoon. last , the deceased was walking down Ch ancery- l ane, when he was observed by the passengers to stagger ; R o b er t M ason , a City policeman , reached him in time to prevent him from falling to the ground. He (deceased) w as conveye d i n t o the shop of Mr. Lowden, chemist, of No. 104, Chancery-lane, where he shortly expired. It was proved by the b rot h er , and other relatives of the deceased, that he had been in a very indif ferent state of health for some months past, and had for some weeks been an out- pat i ent of St. Bart h o l omew 's Hos pital. The surgeon said he had no doubt the deceased died from r the rupture of a bl oo d- vessel in the reg i on o f t h e h ea rt. The Jury expressed them se l ves sat i s fi e d , an d re turned a verdict of" Died by the Visitation of God." ON THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE RADICALS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—At the present stage of the proceedings of my Radical brethren, I beg your permission to offer these few remarks. Having seen and learned a great deal in my connection with the late Henry Hunt, and many of the leading Radicals of the London branch of the Working Men's Association, when belonging to the former National Union of the Working Classes, and also having taken an active part as " class leader" of the 7th and 12th Classes, I declare it unhesitatingly to be my opinion, that the Radi cal Reformers will be farther than ever from attaining their objects, unless they alter their present course, and amend the programme of their intended proceedings on the assemb ling of Parliament. The Council of the Birmingham Union have done well in denouncing the rash projects of the advo cates of "physical force," but that is not enough. The good work thus begun by rational and moral men must be properly completed. Notwithstanding the good intentions of the " physical force" advocat es , th ey mus t be declared by a law of the Society to be inadmissible as members ; exclu sion to be strictly enforced against them whenever they openly avow such sentiments ; because the majority, wishing to carry out their objects by lawful and peaceable means, are at all times liable to be made accountable for the actions of those who are only associated with them in nominal mem bership, but not in sentiment. Therefore, as the past an present have shown, whether in Governments or Societies, of whatever shade, ambitious individuals, if tolerated, will seek every opportunity of breaking through restraints im posed upon their evil designs. And, Mr. Editor, I hope I shall not be considered encroaching upon your good nature if I now give an unanswerable an d p rac ti ca l i ns t ance , k nown only to a few. One of the Committee of the former Na tional Union of the Working Classes, was the late G. Pe trie. He was known on all occasions to be outrageously hot headed. Often have Messrs. Cleave, Hetherington, Lovett, and other rational advocates of moral force, opposed his wild schemes and absurd motions. But in an evil hour com mon sense was overcome ! He succeeded at last in carry ing in the Committee a motion, for a meeting in Caltl orpe street, to take into consideration the propriety of adopting a National Convention ! Without having held a series of preliminary meetings on the safety principle within their large premises in Theobald's-road, and previously instructed the Working Classes in all the bearings of such a question, they by ill-timed language placarded the town, and with out proper consideration raised that opposition of Govern ment which they might otherwise have avoided. The meeting took place, an d M r . M ee was duly installed Chair man. But did George Petrie make his appearance when the crisis arrived ? No ; I saw him at the Union public house, in Bagnigge-wells-road, along with Mr. Duffy, his brother apostle of violence, both so drunk, that after watch ing at a distance, as long as they were able to stand, the effects of their schemes, they again reeled into*the tap, and eventually were sent home. Now this comes of charity misused. Because he was believed to be a true patriot, he was allowed to act along with those who were opposed to the means he advocated, for achieving Radical Reform, and the melancholy result was, union was made a curse instead of a blessing ; and with the addition of a policeman's life being lost, William Fursey ; or any other fellow -creature, might also have been sacrificed. Such facts as these ought to guard us for the future. And being a Radical Reformer at heart, lam anxious to see those principles triumph by rational means. Well, then, one thing is certain, physical-force and moral-force men, cannot act together. And as the Radicals of the latter class are the originators of the present Charter demonstrations, they must exclude what I would term the Hotheads, and declare that they will never have part with them. Having accomplished such a desirable object, and admitting that all are now united for each, and each for all, are they likely to get Universal Suffrage, &c., &c., by the plans already laid down, and in tended to be acted upon when Parliament meets? I think not. In the first place, they have raised at the onset one of the greatest barriers to the accomplishment of their objects that can be conceived. They have given the lie to the misrepresentation s of friends to corruption, by de claring " that it is only by moral and constitutional means" they seek the establishment of their just rights. Well, then, that can only be effected by such a judicious course of proceeding as shall obtain, as far as possible, the aid of the other classes ; or, at all events, disarm their hostility, instead of increasing it by pernicious doctrines about the independence of one class of another. Also by increasing, and afterwards strengthening, the R a di ca l p ar t y i n th e House of Comm ons . Such are the means of bringing about a change, morally and constitutionally. lam satisfied, that by the spread of intelligence, unanimity of sentiment,and adopting a rational lino of conduct, the Radicals could bring about a change in their favour in the present House of Commons, as easy as it was for a Tory House to anni hilate themselves by being compelled to pass the Reform Bill. Mind, there are more ways of using moral force than petitioning, in case that should fail. There is no need of bloodshed in this country. By only using the wea pons of the Whigs, I will show in another letter all the powers in the country united could not resist us. But my present purpose is with the proceedings intended to be adopted on the opening of Parliament. Because petition ing in isolated cases, and not p ro p er ly f o ll owe d up , h as to the Radi ca l s p rove d a farce ; they are about to make it worse than a farce. As I before observed, at the very on set they have themselves raised one of the greatest barriers to their further progress. Demonstrations have been made in all parts of the country, and delegates have been ap pointed to form a " National Convention," to take charge of the " People's Charter," and watch the progress of the " National Petition ;" also, according to the decision that may be come to by' the House of Commons, when pre sented by Mr. Attwood, to take such further measures as may seem advisable, a " National Rent" being subscribed to carry them into effect. Well, then, admitting the validity of my brother Radical's opinions, that " we demand" more becomes the language of men entitled to what they ask for than " we petition," or " your humble petitioners will ever pray," still, the standing orders of the Houses of Parliament being known to be against the admit- Sion, more especially the reading of petitions informally worded, of what use is such petitioning at all ? I like petitioning to be effectively followed up, or not at all. Petitioning in a few cases, on a subject that is of general importance, becomes a farce, because it not being a mani festation of the general will, ceases to make an impression either on the Legislature or the Executive ; and informal petitioning being labour in vain at the onset, becomes worse than a farce. But I am certain that my brother Radical s are too intelligent not to be aware of it ; therefore I presume that it was intentionally done. They never intended that it should b e rece i ve d ; an d I th ere f ore p ro t es t agai ns t t h e injury our cause will sustain by the avoidable ridicule, and unnecessary opposition that will be levelled against our friend s in the House, besides making the working people of England look like a nation of fools. Having a sincere wish to see my country benefited, without a distinction of sect or class, I beg the insertion of this, and permission to resume the subject in an other letter. Your obedient servant, EDWARD HANCOCK. Clerkenwell, Dec. 5, 1838. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - London, Dec. 5, 1839. Sin,—As you gave insertion a few weeks since to a few admonitions to my brethren who are now " tossed in the rough sea of civil discord," I am again desirous of review ing our position by the aid of The Sun, which, like the great orb of day, spreads its effulgence and genial influence all around. Among the heterogeneous mass of the present day, who call themselves Reformers, the foremost are O'Connor, Stephens, and Co., but I am happy to say that those Utopian enthusiasts are sinking into their pristine in significance, being disowned by their own party. The time is now come when some of our Whig grandees must agree to some measures of acknowledged utility, the first of which must be the Repeal of the atrocious Corn-laws and the adoption of the Ballot. I have observed with much pleasure the well-timed letter of Sir T. Lethbridge, which must have an electric effect in the west of England, by opening the eyes of the farmers to the enormous thimble riggery of the Devil's Laws. It must be a source of some pleasure that, whilst that faded old beau, Burdett, has turned his back on all his former principles, and whose former " big, manly voice has turned into childish tones, and whistles in the sound," that we have at least one fine old English gentleman who seems to adapt himself to the spirit and manner of the age. We are now living in event ful times, and must consider the neutral and lukewarm as much our foes as the Tories. There is now no excuse for inactivity in this distressful hour, when loud discontent is extending itself at home and the enemies of liberty are assuming a menacing position abroad, bread at almost starvation price, the Colonies on th e po i nt o f re b ellion, and Ireland determined to have separation or reparation. Woe, then, to those who still exhibit apathy and indif ference while they have it in their power to aid in support ing our national character abroad and securing peace and order at home. Let some of our leading gentry, then, ' make common cause with th e p eop l e, as in Ireland, whose " surpliced ruffians" and " alien" population have assumed so noble a position, and put to the blush the stiletto a nd bullet men. Yes, the men of Ireland are determined to be free by their display of moral power. The men of the me tropolis, aided by the hardware suns of the colossal towns of the north, have only to adopt moral power , and act in concert with the R e f ormers of Ireland. W e must aim at ob taining some measure on which most men can be united, and which will produce the greatest p o ssible good to the greatest possible num b er, so that we shah ultimately realise the sub lime language of Sh er id an K now l es in refcrenoo to Switzer land, and become as free as our torrents are, that leap ou rocks and plough our valleys, without asking leave ; or as our peaks that wear their caps of snow in very presence of the regal sun. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, HENRY RICHARDS, a Working Man. ECCLESIASTICAL DOINGS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Carmarthen, Nov. 30, 1838. Sir,—Having read a letter addressed to you, as Editor of The Sun, bearing the subscription " Pro Grege-Lege," dated Carmarthen, 26th inst., and as you have deemed its contents worthy of a place in a column of your Paper, and deserving the observations which you bestowed upon the Rev. Clergyman mentioned therein, I take the liberty of informing you of a few facts relating to the case in question, which have been omitted in the alleged plain and unvarnished tale of Mr. Pro Grege-Lege, and as I cannot suppose that you would either lend yourself or your paper, from any party or factious motives to misrepresent or vilify any individual, much less persons holding so respectable and responsible stations in life as those reflected upon do, then, allow me to say, that the parish of Llanelly, in this county, is a very large parish, with a dense and varied popu lation consisting (besides the respectable inhabitants of the place), of colliers, miners, copper-men, and other such description of labourers who, from earning large wages, and certain habits, are not the most de corous people in the world, and on that account the attendance of both churchwardens became, or was deemed necessary, in the Church of Llanelly during divine worship there on Sundays ; and after several messages in vain to Mr. John James from the officiating clergyman re questing his attendance, a formal notice in writing was served upon Mr. James requesting his attendance, and stat ing its necessity, but all in vain ; and here I have to say, that Mr. James upon being appointed to the office expressed no conscientious scruples at the performance of its ecclesias tical duties, nor made any offer of a deputy, but voluntarily took the office, and without any objections subscribed the de clarations then lately substituted in lieu ofthe oath of office, and thereby solemnly promised and declared, that he would well and truly perform the duties of the office of Churchwarden of the said parish for the ensuing year; but he never once attended at Church although repeatedly requested, and in consequence of his disobedience, and the necessity of his attendance, he, in August last, was cited to answer for his conduct at the Consistory Court at Carmarthen, and he appeared and acknowledged the truth of the charges made against him, and he was then admonished by the Court, to regard the obligations of his declaration, and to attend in future and perform the ecclesiastictic a l duties of his office in person, or to appoint some one to officiate in his stead. He then promised in Court that he would personally perform the duties of his office, and there upon he was exonerated from any punishment upon paying the costs, which at that time were of very trifling amount, but that he refused to do, and he never after attended the Church during the whole period of his office. He was again brought before the Court, and on account of his continuous obduracy, the Court was pressed to dismiss him from his office, that some other person who would perform the duties should be appointed in his room, but the Court only con demned him in the costs of the proceedings which were taxed at 71. 6s. 10d. only, and he was served with the taxed bill of costs, and was urged to pay them, but all in vain. A monition was then applied for, and served upon Mr. James, whereby he was required to appear in Court, and show cause why he had not paid the costs ; but to this he never appeared, nor showed any cause, and the costs of the monition and executing it, and returning it into Court with an affidavit of its due execu tion, amounted to only 21. 125., and he was served also with this bill, and was then requested to pay the 71.65. 10d., and the 21. 125., but all in vain ; he refused to pay any part of such costs, upon which it was explained to him that he would be decreed contumacious, and that a sig nificavit would issue, and a writ would be issued from the Court of Queen's Bench to the Sheriff of the county to imprison him, and that such proceedings would greatly increase the costs against him, but he continued resolute and obdurate, and the consequence was, that he is imprisoned for his contumacies, and the costs have been thereby necessarily increased, and are about 201. 11s. sd. Now, Sir, you are in possession of the plain, unvarished tale, and you must thence acknowledge, that there was no foun dation in truth, for your assertion that the Eccle siastical Court had fined Mr. James in the sum of 201. And here I leave you to say or do whatever you may think right in the premises ; but I do, in accordance with Mr. Pro Grege-Lege, cordially agree, that such doings should not lie hid under a bushel, though, Pro Grege-Lege may not be deserving of thanks from the persons attacked-- Magna est veritas, et ariete fortior. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, VERIVERBIUM. [This letter, though dated Nov. 30th, only reached us on Saturday, or it would have appeared earlier. We must add, that it does not make out a case for the party of the writer.—En.] IRELAND. TOTAL ABOLITION OF TITHES.—The Dublin Evening Post reports the proceedings of a Great Meeting of the County of Louth, held last Monday at Dundalk, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the total abolition of tithes in substance as well as name, and for a measure of corporate reform similar to that en joyed by the people of England and Scotland. The meet ing was called pursuant to requisition by M. Chester, Esq., the High Sheriff, who was moved to the Chair. Berkeley B. Stafford, Esq., opened the discussion in an address pre fatory to proposing the first resolution, which, with the subsequent motions respectively made, was unanimously adopted by the meeting. The following is the resolution referred to :—" That one of the chief causes of the do mestic dissensions which afflict Ireland is the maintaining of the Church Establishment on its present scale, in opposi tion to the feelings and interests of the great majority of the inhabitants of this country, and that there never can be permanent harmony established amongst us until the ascendancy of a sect has given way to the long-expressed wishes and just claims of the Irish people." The next resolution, moved by R. M. Bellew, Esq., was declaratory of the desirableness of either extinguishing Tithes in name as well as substance, or appropriating them to the public purposes of the nation. A resolution in favour of Corporate Reform succeeded. After petitions to Parliament embodying this requisition, as well as the other resolutions, had been adopted by the meeting, a resolution of confidence in the Administration of the Marquis of Normanby, was followed by one ex pressive of gratitude towards, and unabated confidence in, Mr. O'Connell—" notwithstanding the late unfounded attacks." Both were of course carried. Thanks afterwards having been voted to the Sheriff, the meeting separated, giving three cheers for the Queen, three for Lord Normanby, and three for O'Connell. • THE PRECURSOR SOCIETY.—There was a meeting of this Association at the Corn Exchange last Tuesday. It was convened at the desire of Mr. O'Connell, in conse quence of objections to some of tbc practical details of the Precursor Society, in order that he should submit a plan for the combination of all parties—Mr. Greene, of. Kil milmanahan Castle, presided. Amongst the members ad mitted were Messrs. Vigors, M.P., Blackney, and G. R. Keogh, late High Sheriff of Carlow. A large amount of money was received from various parts of the country. An Englishman, it appears, was present, and corrected Mr. O'Connell. The circumstance is alluded to in our Dublin letter thus : " A person who stated he belonged to the English -Radi cal body next addressed the meeting. After stating his approval of the principles of the Precursor Society, he referred to the proceedings of the English Radicals. He stated they had no communication whatsoever with Messrs. Oastler and Stephens. He had professed himself a friend of Feargus O'Connor." Mr. O'Connell in a very able speech, made evident to the meeting, that this individual, who professed himself to he the friend of Mr. O'Connor, who it was well known was the friend of Oastler and Stephens, and the class of persons who were anxious to have recourse to arms, to procure the passing of any law they wished for, must be an enemy in disguise." We may to-morrow find room for the speech of the Learned Gentleman, who supported his proposition for a revision of the rules of the Precursor Society. He pro posed that all the rules and regulations and the entire con stitution of the Society should be submitted to the stand ing committee, and that on the next day of meet ing they should report a permanent constitution for the Society. THE MAGISTItACY.—We perceive that the Lord Chan cellor has considered it necessary to remove from the Corn mission of the Peace Mr. Gallway, of Killarney, in conse quence of some illegal and ill-considered conduct of his in the discharge of his magisterial duties. The Dublin Evening Post observes—" So far as we are acquainted with the particular case on which the Lord Chancellor's decision was founded, Mr. Gallway appears to have acted rather from a mistaken estimate of the extent of his authority than from any less excusable motive." GENEROUS RECOMPENSE.—The amount of sal vage awarded to Captain Bushell for his eminent services in saving the French brig, Ajax, and its valuable cargo of oils, &c., has been adjudged by the Courts of Boulogne et the insignificant sum of 401. ! The vessel was fallen in with on the voyage to Boulogne, water-logged, and was taken in tow and safely harboured by Captain Bushell.—Kenash Gazette.